The girl bracing herself against a particularly hard pitch of the boat balancing herself lightly as the craft recovered and again leaped forward cried Isn't this fine - A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne

He put out his hand to take it but drew it back again and stood for a moment balancing in his mind the chances of detection - Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finley

The calabashes are fastened one at each end of a pole four or five feet long and the bearers don't seem to mind the weight balancing them easily on their shoulders and carrying them safely - Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Mary Evarts Anderson